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JOHN EARL OF MIDDLETON, 1662.
is pleassed to bestowe or withhold his favovrs. My lord, ray opinion is
that no vse be made of the inclossed papers bvt by rny Lord Chancellors
advyse. Yow may returne the bearer immediatly, being yow will have
another, Saterday nixt the 28 instant. This is all but that I am,
My Lord,
Your most affectionat servant,
MIDDLETON.
This most serve Newbrogh and yow.
For the Earle of Newbrogh and my Lord Tarbitt, or ether of them.
3. John first Earl of Middleton to Sir George Mackenzie, Lord Tarbat,
a Lord of Session.
Edinburgh, June 25, 1662, clock 2 afternoone.
My Lord, — I have nowe sent yow my Lord Lorn's letter derect to my
Lord Duffvs. 1 The parliament haveing nowe seen it, and vpon serious con-
sideratione of the things therin contained, have (with my allowance and per-
mission), offered ther humble thoghts of it to his Majestic The principall
letter is in my Lord Advocat's keeping, and this dvble is atested by him.
Ther is no doubt but the originall is Lorn's, and all written with his owne
hand. It is no wonder that strange reports are made concerning this king-
1 The letter was to the effect that Lord Parliament on the 24th June 1G62, as a libel
Lome had convinced Lord Clarendon o£ the on their proceedings. Lord Lome was after-
injustice done to Lord Lome's father by his wards tried for leasing-roaking, and sentenced
execution in 1661, for complicity in the mur- to be beheaded, but was pardoned when
der of King Charles the First, and subse- Middleton lost his power in 1663. Lord
quently to Lord Lome himself. The letter Clarendon declared the sentence to be so un-
was intercepted and communicated to the just that he would get out of the King's
Earl of Middleton, who brought it before the dominions as fast as the gout would let him.
is pleassed to bestowe or withhold his favovrs. My lord, ray opinion is
that no vse be made of the inclossed papers bvt by rny Lord Chancellors
advyse. Yow may returne the bearer immediatly, being yow will have
another, Saterday nixt the 28 instant. This is all but that I am,
My Lord,
Your most affectionat servant,
MIDDLETON.
This most serve Newbrogh and yow.
For the Earle of Newbrogh and my Lord Tarbitt, or ether of them.
3. John first Earl of Middleton to Sir George Mackenzie, Lord Tarbat,
a Lord of Session.
Edinburgh, June 25, 1662, clock 2 afternoone.
My Lord, — I have nowe sent yow my Lord Lorn's letter derect to my
Lord Duffvs. 1 The parliament haveing nowe seen it, and vpon serious con-
sideratione of the things therin contained, have (with my allowance and per-
mission), offered ther humble thoghts of it to his Majestic The principall
letter is in my Lord Advocat's keeping, and this dvble is atested by him.
Ther is no doubt but the originall is Lorn's, and all written with his owne
hand. It is no wonder that strange reports are made concerning this king-
1 The letter was to the effect that Lord Parliament on the 24th June 1G62, as a libel
Lome had convinced Lord Clarendon o£ the on their proceedings. Lord Lome was after-
injustice done to Lord Lome's father by his wards tried for leasing-roaking, and sentenced
execution in 1661, for complicity in the mur- to be beheaded, but was pardoned when
der of King Charles the First, and subse- Middleton lost his power in 1663. Lord
quently to Lord Lome himself. The letter Clarendon declared the sentence to be so un-
was intercepted and communicated to the just that he would get out of the King's
Earl of Middleton, who brought it before the dominions as fast as the gout would let him.
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| Description | Their kindred, country, and correspondence. By William Fraser. Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas and Archibald Constable, 1876. With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables. 2 volumes: I. History of the earls of Cromartie. Cromartie correspondence, 1662-1705.--II. Cromartie correspondence, 1706-1774. The Cromartie charters, 1257-1499. The Cromartie patents of honour, etc., 1685-1861. Narrative by John, lord Macleod ... Of the insurrection in Scotland in the years 1745-6 ... Narrative by John, lord Macleod of his campaign in the seven years' war in Germany, 1757.--The Grandvale and Cromartie branch. The Royston branch. Baronies and castles inherited and acquired by George, first earl of Cromartie, 1654-1714. History of the family of Mackenzie, by Sir George Mackenzie, first earl of Cromartie. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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